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Many of us are familiar with the Yeo Valley Organic brand, decking our supermarket shelves with its natural healthy food...
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Hedges can form rooms within a garden, serve as a backdrop for flower borders, lend formality or wildness, screen our...
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Garden sheds don’t have to be boring, writes Elly West, who explores how you can make yours exceptionally special. As...
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Feeling down about the prospect of a winter garden? Then plan ahead for next year as there are plenty of...
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Elly West addresses ‘the bounty and burnout’ that can occur in summer garden displays, sharing helpful tips to make the...
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Garden designer Elly West thinks there’s something very special about visiting a horticultural show. This month, just in time for...
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February is the perfect time to plan your plot, browse the seed catalogues and start sowing crops indoors or under...
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When you’re thinking about decorations, start by looking around the garden. Berries, leaves, seed heads, cones, lichen-adorned twigs, dried flowers...
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Nearly all gardens have them, those tucked away corners that don’t get much light, often neglected and left to their...
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It’s strange to think we probably owe our existence to ferns, writes Elly West, who ponders on the prehistoric plants...
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At this time of year, the garden lies mostly dormant and its bare bones are revealed, writes Elly West, who...
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Charlotte and Shaun Prescott from the Bath Beekeeping Association (BBA) are seriously enamoured with bees. Here they tell us the...